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Your motivation: Aesthetic
ou are concerned about your appearance, and you want to have a firm body
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and a harmonious figure. However, an inadequately balanced diet and not
enough activity, regardless of why, does not seem to allow you to obtain the
look you desire.
he targeted effects of the Aesthetic programmes will help you in your efforts
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to preserve a healthy lifestyle and to benefit from the positive effects of intense
muscular activity: toned muscles, a well-shaped figure and a sculpted body.
Used regularly, these programmes will help you to recover or maintain your
figure.
Programmes
Firming
T his programme is very useful if you
want to increase firmness and restore
the elastic quality of the supporting tis-
sues. It also compensates for insufficient
muscular activity by specifically putting
to work some flabby areas.
Abs
S pecifically adapted to the abdominal
muscles, this programme will enable
you to reduce your waist line, while
improving the muscular support of the
abdominal wall.
Buttocks
T his programme subjects the buttocks
muscles to the most appropriate work
for improving your figure. Its hyper-
tensor effect is the ideal solution for
restoring or improving the tone of the
buttocks region.
At the end of a cycle, you may start a
new cycle at the next level up or do
some maintenance at the rate of 1 session
a week at the last level reached
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Specific applications
You want to firm your arms
I f you want to improve the look of your
arms, this application will help you to re-
cover and maintain firm, well shaped arm
muscles.
I n this example, the person wants to work
on the arms. Also, the same stimulation rou-
tine can be applied to several muscular
groups during the same cycle (eg. arms
then quadriceps).
Cycle duration: 3 weeks, 4x/week
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You want to reduce your waist and tone up
your abdominal belt
T he Abs programme is especially appropri-
ate for improving the qualities of support
and firmness of the abdominal belt muscles.
The various work routines, associated with
the tonic massage performed during the rest
phases, guarantee beneficial results on the
waist line.
Cycle duration: 3 weeks, 4 x/week
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Your objective is to improve the firmness
and shape of your buttocks
T he considerable amount of progressive
and specific work of the buttocks muscles
produced by the Buttocks programme effec-
tively increases the firmness of these mus-
cles. The shape of the buttocks improves
progressively, with beneficial effects on the
whole figure.
Cycle duration: 3 weeks, 4 x/week
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Your motivation: Health
inor localized pains and uncomfortable physical sensations are often the re-
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sult of unavoidable and repetitive daily situations: an incorrect posture sitting
in front of a computer, prolonged standing, hours spent in a car, a telephone
regularly held between the shoulder and the cheek, etc. If stress and fatigue
Programmes
Pain management TENS
A ll painful phenomena and, in particu-
lar, pains due to movements-related
pathological conditions, can be effec-
tively eased using this programme that
blocks the transmission of pain by the
nervous system.
Chronic pain
T hanks to its analgesic action, this pro-
gramme provides rapid relief due to
chronic muscular pains (back, lower
back pains, etc.). It reactivates the circu-
lation, oxygenates and loosens up tense
muscles.
Decontracture
T his programme provides an excellent
means for reducing sharp and localized
muscular tensions (eg: lumbago or stiff
neck) and obtaining a relaxing and par-
ticularly pleasant effect.
Oxygenation
T hrough a very strong increase of the
blood flow and the improvement of the
muscular oxygenation, this programme
helps to prevent muscular fatigue and
maintain a long-lasting effort for a longer
time. This programme also shortens
recovery time.
Relaxing massage
T his programme is indicated for reduc-
ing unpleasant muscular tensions and
creating a relaxing sensation of well-
being, in particular after a tiring day. It
induces a state of very pleasant optimal
relaxation.
are added to all this, muscular ten-
sion, back pain and other blood flow
problems frequently appear.
he different stimulation principles of
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the Health programmes can ease
your pains and unpleasant sensa-
tions, improving your well-being and
your comfort in daily life.
Pain management TENS
The use of ,
Chronic pain and Decontracture pro-
grammes should not be prolonged
without medical advice.
Specific applications
You have hand and wrist pains (eg: pains
following prolonged use of a computer
mouse)
R emaining for a long time in certain inap-
propriate working positions and the
micro-traumas caused by the repetitive
use of a computer mouse can lead to a
wide range of painful phenomena.
H and and wrist pains are the most fre-
quent and can be treated very effectively
using the Pain management TENS
programme.
Cycle duration: 1 week, min. 1 x/day, then adapt
in relation to painful episodes
According to requirements, the Pain manage-
ment TENS programme can be repeated sev-
eral times during the same day
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